A little musical interlude that manages to hit on most of the talk of the week here in Polk County and Lakeland Local. As I wrote on Facebook, if we’re going to let Big Citrus and Big Strawberry save themselves by sucking dry our aquifer and cratering the landscape, shouldn’t they at least turn us all loose in their groves with a couple of bushel bags.
Anyway, enjoy:
“Damned if I wouldn’t go to church on Sunday and look the preacher in the eye.”
photo credit: Chicken Music
Bio: Billy Townsend was a longtime government, political and general assignment reporter in Polk County and the wider I-4 corridor. He wrote extensively about Polk's unique regional identity and the issues shaping it, including USF Polytechnic, the Heartland Parkway and the CSX rail deal. Billy recently left professional reporting to take a corporate writing job, but he keeps close tabs on news of all stripes (especially political news) and the changes in modern journalism. Billy's wife is Julie Townsend, executive director of the Downtown Lakeland Partnership.They live with their three children in the Lake Morton area. His work at Lakeland Local is his first as an amateur hyperlocal writer.
